The Winery Horzales of Rioja Alta of Rioja

Winery Horzales - Tinto
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 204 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja Alta in the region of Rioja

The Winery Horzales is one of the best wineries to follow in Rioja Alta.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Rioja Alta to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Horzales wines

Looking for the best Winery Horzales wines in Rioja Alta among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Horzales wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Horzales wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Horzales

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Horzales

How Winery Horzales wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna, lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or tanjia.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Horzales

  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Horzales.

  • Tempranillo

Discovering the wine region of Rioja Alta

The wine region of Rioja Alta is located in the region of Rioja of Spain. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia or the Domaine R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia produce mainly wines red, white and pink.

The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rioja Alta are Tempranillo, Chardonnay and Verdejo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rioja Alta often reveals types of flavors of cream, rosemary or sweet tobacco and sometimes also flavors of walnut, star anise or black olive. In the mouth of Rioja Alta is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 46 estates and châteaux in the of Rioja Alta, producing 146 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.

The wines of Rioja Alta go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Horzales

Planning a wine route in the of Rioja Alta? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Horzales.

Discover the grape variety: Danuta

A cross obtained in 1964 between the Beirut date palm and the 75 Pirovano or sultana moscata. In 1990, Danuta was registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties, list A1.

News about Winery Horzales and wines from the region

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

La Rioja Alta expands with ‘artisanal vineyard’ deals

Guillermo de Aranzabal Bittner, a director at La Rioja Alta, said the company had acquired 35ha of old vines, with a minimum age of 45 years, in the village of Elvillar at an average altitude of 600 metres. He also said La Rioja Alta would buy more old vines this year, bringing total ‘artisanal vineyard’ acquisitions to a minimum of 5oha, and potentially up to 75ha, by the end of 2022. ‘We are buying very old vineyards, pruned in the traditional way with very low production, some of which are fi ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Champagne rosé

Often obtained by adding red wines (from Champagne), it is even the only vineyard where this practice is allowed. Some producers prefer the practice used in other regions, i.e. a short maceration to extract sufficient colouring matter. This results in winey rosés for meals. Elegant aperitif rosé is more often made from red wine coloured Chardonnay. Rosés can be vintage or non vintage.

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